Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, fourth quarters 2008 and 2009 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 2. Business processes involved in extended mass layoff events, by reason for layoff, first quarters 2009 and 2010 (1)
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total business process	Core processes						Support processes
Reason	Extended mass layoff events	Total business process	Strat. Mgmt.	Procurement, logistics, distribution	Ops.	Product development	Marketing, sales, account management	Customer and after-sales service	General managment and firm infra-structure	Human resource management	Technology and process development
First quarter 2010 (p)
Total business process	1,564	1,958	11	161	1,209	37	88	89	242	85	36
Business demand	636	898	2	63	603	21	30	28	99	35	17
Contract cancellation	35	64	-	5	34	1	1	3	14	2	4
Contract completion	218	275	1	13	206	6	9	12	15	9	4
Domestic competition	(2)	6	-	1	2	-	1	-	1	1	-
Excess inventory/ saturated market	8	19	-	6	7	-	3	1	1	1	-
Import competition	(2)	6	-	1	2	2	-	-	1	-	-
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	371	528	1	37	352	12	16	12	67	22	9
Organizational changes	91	172	4	11	75	5	16	10	37	10	4
Business- ownership change	23	36	-	1	19	2	3	1	9	1	-
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	68	136	4	10	56	3	13	9	28	9	4
Financial issues	139	316	4	33	122	6	23	26	63	29	10
Bankruptcy	13	44	2	5	13	1	4	4	8	6	1
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	84	186	-	23	70	5	13	14	39	16	6
Financial difficulty	42	86	2	5	39	-	6	8	16	7	3
Production specific	12	18	-	1	12	-	-	-	3	2	-
Disaster/Safety	6	20	-	4	6	-	-	2	4	3	1
Seasonal	398	495	-	48	371	5	18	22	28	2	1
Other/ Miscellaneous	282	39	1	1	20	-	1	1	8	4	3
First quarter 2009
Total business process	3,979	5,234	(3)	403	2,981	171	284	182	794	250	169
Business demand	2,160	3,329	(3)	218	2,052	98	130	80	493	153	105
Contract cancellation	87	169	(3)	11	82	3	6	4	36	11	16
Contract completion	327	395	(3)	13	309	6	10	5	26	18	8
Domestic competition	6	15	(3)	-	6	-	1	1	3	2	2
Excess inventory/ saturated market	32	55	(3)	11	31	4	2	2	3	1	1
Import competition	6	14	(3)	2	6	-	-	-	4	1	1
Slack work/ insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown	1,702	2,681	(3)	181	1,618	85	111	68	421	120	77
Organizational changes	201	412	(3)	40	166	17	37	20	84	31	17
Business- ownership change	31	63	(3)	4	27	3	3	1	13	8	4
Reorgan- ization or restructuring of company	170	349	(3)	36	139	14	34	19	71	23	13
Financial issues	428	957	(3)	108	371	48	94	60	178	58	40
Bankruptcy	87	228	(3)	28	73	4	28	27	43	21	4
Cost control/cost cutting/ increase profitability	234	469	(3)	49	203	34	46	13	84	15	25
Financial difficulty	107	260	(3)	31	95	10	20	20	51	22	11
Production specific	17	23	(3)	1	16	-	-	-	4	2	-
Disaster/Safety	6	9	(3)	1	6	1	-	-	1	-	-
Seasonal	340	421	(3)	31	325	4	18	20	21	1	1
Other/ Miscellaneous	827	83	(3)	4	45	3	5	2	13	5	6
(1) Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia. (2) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (3) Identification of data by this business process began with first quarter 2010 data. ^p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Last Modified Date: May 28, 2010